Hinge.



N. H. MORROW.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I. I913.

Llfiwu Patent-ed Oct. 26, 1915.

- lvihwooeo NORMAN H. IVIOJRIROW, 0F BEMIDJ'I, MINNESOTA.

HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, Mill-5.

Application filed August 21, 1913. Serial No. 785,957?

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORMAN I-I. MoRRow, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bemidji, in the county of Beltrami and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to hinges and more particularly to that type ofhinges which are commonly known as leaf hinges.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of a hinge of thisnature which has a plurality of twisted tongues formed upon one of theleaves of the same, to facilitate the attaching of the hinge to a postor movable object and also to decrease the number of screws necessaryfor attaching the hinge.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention consists insuch novel features of construction aswill be hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

' In describing this invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters of refer ence designatelike or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved hinge; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same; and Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the hinge.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates one of theleaves of a leaf hinge which is constructed of the ordinary type and hasa plurality of openings 2 extending therethrough, by means of which theleaf 1 is attached to either a stationary or movable object, as isdesired. Hingedly connected to the leaf 1, in the usual manner is thesecond leaf 5 of the hinge, which in its original form is shaped much asthe hinge 1. and which has a single opening 6 extending through the sameand centrally located therein. The opening 6 is provided for the purposeof securing the leaf 5 to either a stationary or movable object.

The leaf 5 has a plurality of tongues 10 formed upon and extendingoutwardly from its outer edges as is clearly shown in Figs.

2 and 3 of the drawings. The tongues 10 are formed by the cutting freeof parts of the leaf 5 adjacent the outer edges of the same and bendingthe parts which are out free outwardly. The tongues 10 are cut in such amanner that when they are twisted as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3of the drawings the extreme lower ends of the same will be pointed so asto be easily in serted into a wooden beam, which forms part of astationary or movable object.

The tongues 10 will, by means of the twising thereof, when the leaf 5 ofthe hinge is attached to a stationary or movable obj ect facilitate theholding of the leaf 5 in its proper position and decrease the number ofscrews necessary for attaching the same in that they will performfunctions practically identical with the screws which are such as areordinarily used for attaching a hinge to an object. By providing aplurality of tongues, about the edge of the leaf 5 of the hinge thestability of the object to which the hinge is attached will be increasedas these tongues 10, being formed upon the edges of the leaf 5 willprevent its moving or sagging better than would screws which wouldnecessarily have to be placed inwardly from the edges of the leaf. Thetwisting of the tongues 10 will prevent their sagging loose or beingdrawn out of the article in which they are inserted, as the spiralsformed by the twisting will more efliciently engage the fiber of thewood of which the article is constructed than would straight edges uponthe tongues.

Should it be desired tongues similar to the tongues'lO may beformed uponthe leaf 1 of the hinge thus decreasing the number of screws necessaryfor attaching this leaf of the hinge to an article. I

In practical fields certain minor features of construction maynecessitate alterations to which the patentee is entitled provided suchalterations are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is:

As an article of manufacture, a hinge leaf having portions thereofstruck at right angles to the body, the inner edges of said por- Intestimony whereof I afiix my signations being cut diagonally to themargin ture in presence of two Witnesses. of the leaf to providetapering tongues twisted throughout their lengths, certain NORMAN MORROW5 of said tongues being disposed on margins Witnesses:

of the leaf out diagonally to the longitudi- F. L. BImsLEY,

nal axis thereof. WM. PLEKELS.

